| Title: |
Volatile Organic Compounds of Bryophytes from Peninsular Malaysia and Their Roles in Bryophytes |
| Authors: |
Chin Wen Koid; Nur Fariza M. Shaipulah; Gaik Ee Lee; S. Robbert Gradstein; Yoshinori Asakawa; Yosie Andriani; Arifullah Mohammed; Nik Norhazrina; Poh Wai Chia; Muhammad Zulhimi Ramlee |
| Source: |
Plants, Vol 11, Iss 2575, p 2575 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI AG |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| Subject Terms: |
mosses; liverworts; hornworts; elevational differentiation of bryophytes; chemical evolution; volatile organic compounds; Botany; QK1-989 |
| Description: |
Volatile emissions from 22 bryophyte species from Peninsular Malaysia were collected using a dynamic headspace technique and analyzed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Thirty organic compounds (VOCs) from eight different groups were detected in bryophytes from the montane forest in Cameron Highlands and the lowland dipterocarp forest in Lata Belatan. The headspace of bryophytes in Cameron Highlands was dominated by tetradecane, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, decanal, pentanoic acid, 2,2,4-trimethyl-3-carboxyisopropyl, isobutyl ester, D-limonene and naphthalene. On the contrary, in the bryophyte headspace of Lata Belatan, naphthalene and tetradecane were dominant compounds. The elevational pattern detected in VOC composition of bryophytes appears to be an evolutionary feature at the family level that needs verification at other sites. The results also confirmed that the VOC composition of bryophytes is species-specific. The roles of VOCs in bryophytes are presented, including plant–plant communication and plant–insect interaction and as an additional taxonomic character in chemotaxonomy. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/19/2575; https://doaj.org/toc/2223-7747; https://doaj.org/article/78bf603f1fa94e71beb5e1a409294dce |
| DOI: |
10.3390/plants11192575 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11192575; https://doaj.org/article/78bf603f1fa94e71beb5e1a409294dce |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.F5EFBCD8 |
| Database: |
BASE |